James cosgeove



JAMES COSGROVE, OF FLATBUSH, NEXV YORK.

PAPER BARREL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.309,768, dated December 23, 1884.

(No model.)

To all whom, it may concern Be it known that I, JAMES OOSGROVE, of Flatbush, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Paper Barrels, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming apart of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a plan view of the shell of the barrel before being put into'shape. Fig. 2 is an edge View of the same, partly in section, through the line as as, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the completed barrel,part broken away. Fig. 4 is an end elevation of the same, part being broken away.

The object of this invention is to provide paper barrels for holding light and dry sub stances for storage and transportation, which shall be strong, light, and durable, and coinparatively inexpensive in manufacture.

The invention consists in a paper barrel formed of a shell made in one piece, with flaring slits in its side edges to give a taper to the end parts of the barrel, shoulders in its side edges to form seats for the heads, and

flanges at its end edges to preventthe said edges from slipping past each other, the said shell and heads being fastened together by hoops, as will be hereinafter fully described, and specifically set forth in the claims.

A represents theshell of the barrel, which is made of paper of the requisite thickness, and in sheets of such a length that each sheet will form a barrel. Theshcet A is made with flaring slits B in its side edges to give the de sired taper to the end parts of the barrel,and with a shoulder,.O, along its side edges to form seats for the heads I). The end edges of the sheet are thickened .to form ribs or flanges E, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 4, to

prevent the said edges from slipping past each other when the said sheet is bent together into barrel form.

The sheet A is designed to be made at the paper-mill, with the slits B, the shoulders O, and the flanges E, and with the parts between the said slits B slightly concaved, so that the end parts of the barrel will have a circular form to cause the hoops F to fit snugly upon them.

It should be observed that the slits B will need to be trimmed after the sheets A come from the paper-mill to cause theedges of the said slits to fit each other closely.

The hoops F are applied in the ordinary manner, and may be made of paper covered with cloth, of paper eor ered with wood, or wholly of wood, or of other suitable material that has the necessary lightness and strength.

Barrels thus made will be strong, light, durable, inexpensive, and very serviceable for holding light and dry substances for storage and transportation.

Having thus described my invention, I as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent-- 1. A paper barrel made substantially as herein shown and described, and consisting of the shell A, made in one piece,with flaring slits l3 and shoulders O in its side edges, and flanges E along its end edges, the heads D, and the hoops F, as set forth.

2. In a paper barrel, the shell A, made substantial] y as herein shown and described,with flaring slits B in its side edges to give ataper to the end parts of the barrel, shoulders G in its side edges to form seats for the heads D, and flanges E at its end edges to prevent the said ends from slipping past each other, as set forth.

JAMES COSGROVE.

XVitnesses:

J .mrEs T. GRAHAM, O. SEDGWICK. 

